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Perpetual Holy Synod: Completes its work on August 25 and 26 - Which Synods take over in Septembertranslated

August 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Report office ope.gr Its work is completed on August 25 and 26, 2026 by the current Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece of the 169th Synodical Period which is expected to meet in the Synodal Palace and deal with issues of the Agenda. According to the information of ope.gr, the new composition of the Permanent Holy Synod - 170th Synodical Period - is expected to meet during the two days of September 9 and 10.

The BIS of the 170th Synodical Period will consist of the following Synodical Metropolitans:

Mithimnis Chrysostomos.

Mytilini, Eressos and Plomariou Iakovos.

Goumenissa, Axioupoleos and Polykastro Dimitrios.

Berea and Naousis Panteleimon.

Didymoteichos, Orestiados and Souflios Damascenes.

Messinias Chrysostomos.

Lefkada and Ithaki Theophilos.

Thebes, Levadeia and Avlidos Georgios.

Paranaxia Kalliniko.

Phokidos Theoktistos.

Artis Kalliniko.

Dryinoupoleos, Pogoniani and Konitsa Alexio.

It is recalled that the current Permanent Holy Synod (169th Synodical Period) consists of Rev. Metropolitans: Mr. Chrysostomos of Chalkidos, Mr. Simeon of Nea Smyrna, Mr. Nektarios of Corfu, Mr. Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, Mr. Chrysostomos of Patras,...

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Andrei Ciobanu

I hope the last two sessions on August 25-26 go well. The list for September looks balanced, with many hierarchs from different areas. I wonder if the Metropolitan of Veria, Panteleimon, will bring any concrete initiative from his experience there.

Алексей Морозов

I hope that the last meetings on August 25-26 will be held calmly. The new Synod for September has an interesting composition, especially Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria and Naousa - I wonder if he will really bring something practical from his experience, as Andrey writes.